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VDownloader downloads videos with a single click and saves them in the best format and quality (including HD) for watching on your PC, TV, or mobile devices. It can download batches, import and export files, check for RSS updates, and more.

Pros

Many sites: VDownloader is compatible with Dailymotion, Vimeo, Yahoo, Break, Facebook, and other major video hosting sites.

Perform Test: When you click Perform Test on the Help menu, VDownloader attempts to download files from all supported sites in order to save you time.

Saved credentials: VDownloader can save and enter YouTube and Facebook credentials automatically so you can download age-restricted content without having to authorize access manually.

Cons

Menus: The expanding menus for selecting output format, quality, and more are a bit awkward to navigate. Smaller entries would improve readability without compromising legibility.

Not all sites: Some popular sites, such as Internet Archive, aren't supported.

Pro tools: Scheduler and Output Format aren't available with the free edition, yet they are listed in the freeware section.

Bottom Line

Ad-free VDownloader's ability to save videos from sites other than YouTube makes it a contender in a crowded field.

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Publisher's Description

VDownloader is a software application that allows you to download videos from any major website, including YouTube, to your hard drive. With a single click of the mouse, these videos can be stored in any video or audio file format.
Would you like to watch your favorite videos from YouTube, Facebook, Yahoo, Vimeo, Vube, Metacafe, DailyMotion, Break or any other major video sharing website whenever and wherever you please?
With VDownloader, you'll be able to:
(1) Watch downloaded videos when you don't have an Internet connection available.
(2) Avoid annoying advertisements, captions and other distractions.
(3) Prevent queuing and buffering thanks to the automatic video download accelerator.
If you save a video to your hard disk with VDownloader, you'll be sure to find it again when you want to show it to your friends or family.

With VDownloader you can:
- Download video files in different formats.
- Cut the selected portion of the video to download it (this feature is very useful for me).
- Browse the most popular sites with a support of video downloading.
- Use VDownloader settings, to customize it for any your needs.
- Convert any video and record these data on a DVD.
- Play video before its downloading.
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There are many other essential functions.

Cons

The interface could be implemented in Metro Style

Summary

After installing VDownloader, I stopped using other similar programs. There's no reason to use them because VDownloader can independently do all necessary actions with any video.

-Free (There is a paid pro version).
-Downloads from thousands of sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook and many many others.
-Downloads videos from adult sites.
-You can download live streams from YouTube as they happen.
-Convert your existing videos to MP3 or any of many audio and video formats.
-Select partial video downloads, you can specify the start and end for a partial video or audio download.
-Convert videos to GIF for sharing on social media.
-Download a complete playlist from YouTube or create your own by pasting a list of links.

Cons

-Resource heavy

Summary

VDownloader is a powerful video downloader and a very complete converter. If you are a power user it should have all your needs covered, yet it is equally easy to use if you are a casual user that simply needs to download a video for your next presentation.

It got me more than expected, I even managed to record a live NHL game from YouTube, channels subscriptions is great, I can use it for all my needs instead of even YouTube on the web, search, subscriptions are complimented with immediate downloads and conversions of any video quality and format.

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